The only major roadtrip planned during the summer
of 2005 was
this trip in July. It took me out east on Interstate
40 as far east as it goes, which allowed me to clinch that interstate. But
here's where it starts to get complicated. From Wilmington, NC, the eastern
terminus of Interstate 40, I went southwest to Charleston, SC, and met
Interstate 26, and took that along its entire distance. From the northwestern
end of Interstate 26 in Colonial Heights, TN, I drove Interstate 181 to its
end, and then headed to the northeast through Virginia, West Virginia, and
Pennsylvania. I then headed east along Interstate 86, New York 17, and
Interstate 84 to Connecticut, and also visited Massachusetts, Vermont, and New
Hampshire. Returning to Springfield, Massachusetts, I headed west on Interstate
90 to Cleveland, with a short sidetrip to Niagara Falls along the way. After
Cleveland, I went south to Cincinnati, then northwest through Indianapolis to
Bloomington, Illinois, then went northeast to Milwaukee, then west to Sioux
Falls, then south to Omaha, west to U.S. 81, and south to Wichita and home.
Whew!